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Opening Statements

• Chair Conor Lamb (D-PA) of the Subcommittee on Energy
• Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Witnesses:

• Karen Evans, Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, U.S. Department of Energy

* Juan Torres, Co-Chair, Grid Modernization Lab Consortium and Associate Laboratory Director, Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory * Kelly Speakes-Backman, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Storage Association * Katherine Hamilton, Chair, 38 North Solutions and Executive Director, Advanced Energy Management Alliance

On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in Hearing Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources is scheduled to hold a markup and consider the following bills:

• H.R. 1373 (Rep. Grijalva), To protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. “Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act.” Amendments to H.R. 1373 must be drafted to the amendment in the nature of a substitute, attached to this notice.
• H.R. 2181 (Rep. Luján), To provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico. “Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019.”
• H.R. 3405 (Rep. Grijalva), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to revise the Final List of Critical Minerals, and for other purposes. “Removing Uranium from the Critical Minerals List Act.” Amendments to H.R. 3405 must be drafted to the amendment in the nature of a substitute, attached to this notice.

Opening Statements

• Chairwoman Haley Stevens (D-MI) of the Subcommittee on Research and Technology
• Chairwoman Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
• Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
• Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY)

Witnesses:

• John Neumann, Managing Director, Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Michael Halpern, Deputy Director, Center for Science & Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Joel Clement, Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
• Minority witness: Roger Pielke Jr., Director, Sports Governance Center, Professor, Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado

• H.R. 1315, the “Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019”, was favorably reported, amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Rush in the Nature of a Substitute was agreed to by a voice vote.
• H.R. 2665, the “Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Griffith was agreed to by a voice vote.
• H.R. 2044, the “Smart Building Acceleration Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 359, the “Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 360, the “Cyber Sense Act of 2019”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 362, the “Energy Emergency Leadership Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 370, the “Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 2088, a bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, and for other purposes, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Buschon was defeated by a voice vote.

• H.R. 2041, the “Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonko was agreed to by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Rush was agreed to by a voice vote.

• H.R. 2119, a bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize grants for improving the energy efficiency of public buildings, and for other purposes, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Kelly was agreed to by a voice vote.
• H.R. 3432, the “Safer Pipelines Act of 2019” was not considered in markup.

Witnesses

• David J. Hayes, Executive Director, State Energy & Environmental Impact Center, Former Deputy Secretary of the Interior (1999-2001; 2009-2013)
• Jamie Williams, President, The Wilderness Society
• Nicolas Loris, Deputy Director, Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and Herbert and Joyce Morgan Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Freedom, The Heritage Foundation
• Seth Shonkoff, PhD, MPH, Executive Director, PSE Healthy Energy, Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley

Opening Statements

• Chairwoman Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
• Chair Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) of the Subcommittee on Environment
• Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Witnesses

• J. Alfredo Gomez, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Dr. Thomas A. Burke, PhD, MPH, Jacob I. and Irene B. Fabrikant Professor and Chair in Health Risk and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
• Dr. Deborah Swackhamer, Professor Emerita, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
• Dr. Jonathan Samet, MD, MS, Dean, Colorado School of Public Health

Cleaning up heavy duty transportation is a critical climate solution and can help advance climate justice by improving air quality in frontline communities.

Opening Statement

• Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Witnesses

• Ryan Popple (@rcpopple), President and CEO of Proterra, Inc. (@Proterra_Inc), a company that manufactures zero-emission battery-electric buses. Popple is a U.S. Army veteran and previously worked for Tesla Motors.
• Angelo Logan (@angeloseanlogan), Campaign Director of the Moving Forward Network (@The_MFN). Logan is the co-founder of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice and has worked with several coalitions focused on protecting public health and advancing environmental justice.
• Michelle Romero (@michelledreams2), National Director for Green for All (@GreenForAll). Romero leads Green for All’s work to create an inclusive green economy and shift resources from polluters to communities suffering from pollution.
• Tony Satterthwaite, President, Distribution Business at Cummins, Inc. (@Cummins). Cummins is a Fortune 500 engine manufacturing company and its distribution business employs more than 16,000 people globally.

Witnesses:

• Dr. Richard B. Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences and Associate of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University
• Dr. Robin E. Bell, Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
• Dr. Twila A. Moon, Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center’s (NSIDC) Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
• Dr. Gabriel J. Wolkon, Research Scientist and Manager, Climate and Cryosphere Hazards Program, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
• Dr. W. Tad Pfeffer, Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulde